Coincidence in Persuasion
“Coincidence can be an important element in the novelist’s armoury, providing it is handled with discretion,” writes Maggie Lane in …
Tag Archives: Persuasion
Anne Elliot’s Journeys of Body and Mind
Hazel Jones says she is “a confirmed Austen addict, having fallen in love with Henry Tilney at the age of …
What Women Most Desire: Anne Elliot’s Self-discovery
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may remember Maggie Arnold’s guest posts on Mansfield Park and …
Three Generations in Search of Anne Elliot
In 2014, when I hosted a celebration in honour of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, Mary Lu Roffey Redden wrote a …
What Anne Knew
“Anne at the beginning of Persuasion has nothing to learn, no knowledge to gain from ‘till this moment I never …
Revisiting Persuasion: Jane Austen on history and History
Today’s guest post is by Daniel Woolf, Professor of History, and Principal and Vice-Chancellor, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. …
Jane Austen and Adventure
Is Anne Elliot Jane Austen’s most adventurous heroine? This is the question Elisabeth Lenckos addresses in her guest post for …
Sir Walter Elliot Sleeps Through History
Bao Bui is a lecturer in the Department of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, and he …
“…a something ready for publication…” ~ The Publishing Journey of Jane Austen’s Persuasion
Deborah Barnum wrote about the publishing history of Northanger Abbey in December, at the beginning of my blog series “Youth …
The Vanity of Human Riches: A Conversation About Class and Wealth in Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
In today’s guest post for “Youth and Experience,” Deborah Knuth Klenck and Ted Scheinman discuss both Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. …
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